Strange things on the walls of my city!

[canoli]

just wanted to share some weirdness I found in new york city. It's one of the first from my brand new Canon 100mm macro. I already love this lens and I haven't even tried macro shots yet.


I'm aware this image is terrible from a tech perspective. Shooting outdoors in the mid-afternoon sun will do that (!), but I like the expressions on these figures on the building.


Clarity / Sharpness tweak (20 and 50 respectively) in ACR, 100% center crop in Photoshop.


From street level, objects 5 stories up. 100mm macro, 40D, f/8 @ 1/100 ISO100 hand held.





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[canoli]

okay. well I thought they were strange anyway...!

[Chuck Lee]

Very strange indeed...............Any idea what period the building is?

[canoli]

I can only make an educated guess, and going by the rest of the neighborhood - all early 20th century and mid 19th - very few post WWII. This is Washington Heights in upper Manhattan - just south of the George Wash Bridge. But of course terra cotta is found all over NYC.


One of these days I'll shoot the building in a better light, and I'll see what else I can find out. I imagine it's a Landmarked building, which basically means the facade can't be changed in any meaningful way.

[Chuck Lee]

I'm sure one day someone will explain to me why architects of old adorned these structures with scary little people, gargoles, and such.


Very Strange..........Indeed..[]

[Scott]

Freaky indeed, is it a library or a bathroom block ha ha ha, well it is different.